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    Quote Originally Posted by PixelFish View Post
    I particularly like the illustrative effect of the chasms and cliffs and ridges. The colour choices are nice too--very cohesive and giving off a slightly aged feel.

    Are you planning on keeping the compass rose there or perchance is it a temporary watermark? It's nice looking but distracting at its current size and location.

    Really nice work so far.

    PS. How did you do the borders?
    its a temporary watermark. About the borders i honestly don't remember but i will look into it to see if i remember ho i made it.

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    Wow, this is looking very beautiful indeed. I love the desert and rocky regions.
    The only thing that I'm not too fond of are the icons you seem to be using for cities etc. which look too computer generated compared to the rest of the map.

    Great work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramah View Post
    Wow, this is looking very beautiful indeed. I love the desert and rocky regions.
    The only thing that I'm not too fond of are the icons you seem to be using for cities etc. which look too computer generated compared to the rest of the map.

    Great work.
    Any suggestions for the symbols?

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    Umm, personally I would say that maybe the symbols are ok, or something similar (they are a bit small to see) but I would lose the colour on them and go for a brown, or sepia tone outline, so they kinda fit in with the very artistic hand-drawn look.

    But I dunno, that's just me of course.

    Is it possible to post a higher res version so we can see it closer? I'd love to get a detailed look at your artwork.
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    Glad your back to finish this, the artistic quality is very high. I'd lose the CC3 icons (for the cities) and draw something up...you could use the icons as a starting point and draw something over top of them. At any rate, this is one fine lookin map and I wish I had it in me to do likewise...excellent stuff.
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